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ENVIRONMENTALISTS ASK: Just How GREEN Are You, Toyota?
Environment  (tags: Toyota Prius, eco-friendly vehicles, hybrid cars, US Senate energy bill, fuel economy standards, Congress bill, against green standards, biggest automaker, Toyota v GM )

ON VACATI
- 787 days ago - edmunds.com
Toyota is marketing the Toyota Tundra -- like the biggest vehicle ever made," Rep. Edw. Markey, D-Mass., a Camry hybrid owner, said Weds. in a speech at an environmental conference. What's selling? 5.7-liter V8 engines-14 mpg city/18 mpg highway!!!!!!!
The COSTLY Secrets of HYBRID CARS!!!!
Environment  (tags: Environmental advocacy, hybrid cars, cost, mpg, gas, extra performance, larger sticker price )

ON VACATI
- 787 days ago - articles.moneycentral.msn.com
They don't tell you that these hybrids won't always save much gas - tho they cost a LOT more! With the latest generations of hybrids, companies r simply leaning more toward the performance side of the scale. Justify buying a hybrid then?
Prius No Longer Golden Child of Green Motorists
Environment  (tags: Toyota, US, hybrid cars, ultra-low emissions, better hybrids, more-efficient cars, energy-efficient )

ON VACATI
- 787 days ago - greenoptions.com
The steps being taken to create "ultra-low emissions" cars are going to soon create cars that overtake the Prius in terms of total emissions. Prius has been relegated to 12th spot in terms of "greenest car"
Blind People: Hybrid Cars Pose Hazard
Environment  (tags: carbonemissions, ClimateChange, conservation, eco-friendly, environment, globalwarming, health, humans, interesting, pollution )


- 788 days ago - news.yahoo.com
BALTIMORE - Gas-electric hybrid vehicles, the status symbol for the environmentally conscientious, are coming under attack from a constituency that doesn't drive: the blind.
Droughts Make Amazon Greener, Study Finds
Environment  (tags: )

Gran
- 800 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Warming's impact on forest might not be as negative as feared
Top Five Underwater Hotels
Environment  (tags: )

Gran
- 800 days ago - blog.hotelclub.com
Read about current destinations underwater
Highland Windmills Clear Hurdles
Environment  (tags: conservation, climate, eco-friendly, environment, government, globalwarming )

Phyllis
- 806 days ago - inrich.com
Va. high court knocks down 2 challenges; final step is approval by SCC Virginia's first major windmill project -- a source of clean energy or an animal-killing eyesore, depending on your view -- is a big step closer to approval.
War Declared On Hawaii (No It's NOT Japan This Time!)
Environment  (tags: habitatdestruction, military, weapons )


- 809 days ago - opednews.com
"Can we possibly get enough international outrage going within four (4) days to stop the Navy from getting away with this expansion that appears in only 2 (!) articles from Hawaii newspapers in a Google news search?"
DU Wasteland: Signs of Truth?
Environment  (tags: depleted uranium, habitatdestruction )


- 808 days ago - opednews.com
If you aren't familiar with the names Leuren Moret and Doug Rokke yet, you should be. I have a freeway blogger friend who regularly posts signs that say, "GOOGLE ROKKE!" Do it! The planet you save may be your own!
Oil Firms Waste $40B Per Year in Gas
Environment  (tags: pollution, energy )


- 810 days ago - businessweek.com
Who can afford to throw away forty BILLION dollars a year and pollute the environment while doing it? The oil industry, of course.
 
 
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